Help: Listing chicken, wings down, tail down, laying on floor

[Amazonlover]

Human. Just pull down on her wattles gently and pop it in.

Ok, thank you for the advice-I’m going to contact the sitter to see if she can do that

 

[Amazonlover]

Calcium citrate from any store

 

[Eggcessive]

Any calcium tablet will do, although calcium citrate with d3 is the fastest absorbed. Tums or calcium carbonate as well as calcium gluconate liquid from a feed store works. Aim for at least 300 mg up to 600 mg given once to see if she lays an egg. Here is one that is inexpensive:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-C...MIyMKcqIyKiwMVBjMIBR1FYA6HEAQYAyABEgK-jfD_BwE

 

[Amazonlover]

Thank you @Eggcessive, @ticmurphy, and @BDutch as an update, I turned around and flew home the next day. My kind cousin had driven several hours from where he lives to go into my house, pull Edith out of the coop, take her into my house, and give her a warm bath. There was no egg though (I hadn’t felt one, nor had he), so all his work was for nought. But at least she was separated now with her own food and water supply. The next day I came home and was able to get her into a vet appointment with my avian/exotics vet. They did a fecal float, blood work, and an X-ray. The fecal float showed no coccidosis, the physical exam showed nothing obviously wrong (blood test results still not back). The X-ray showed a severely enlarged heart and several bits of very dense matter in her gut, denser than bone. The vet thinks she ate something metal (or could be rocks), but the chickens had been hanging out in the coop for the past week or so due to the cold snap we’ve had here and there is no metal in the coop that she could have eaten. Nor are there rocks. So it’s a mystery to me. But the vet says the two things (heart and gut) are likely not related. She suggested a cardiologist consult (at $950), sending off a metal panel (at $320), and hospitalization with chelating flushes (at approximately $2,000). That vet visit cost me a small fortune as it was so I said no. I brought her home with meds (25 mg carprofen daily for pain/inflammation, 500 mg amoxycillin clavulanate daily in case there’s anything antibiotic can treat for, and 5mg of Enalapril daily for her heart). I’m trying to feed her fermented chicken feed cut with peanut butter and yogurt with some turmeric powder, but she’s barely eating. I’m also trying to give her water with some dissolved epsom salts, and Gatorade. So that’s where we are.

 

[BDutch]

Sorry to hear she is in such trouble. And thanks for the update.

The vet costs are really beyond proportion imho. Common sense to make it easy for her and hope for the best.

 

[tlcmurphy]

I’m sorry to hear this update. Did the vet offer any solutions to get the object moving along her digestive tract? It seems possible it might pass?

Hard to believe they offered a $1K cardiology consult. I love my birds, but that’s extreme.

 

[Amazonlover]

Sorry to hear she is in such trouble. And thanks for the update.

The vet costs are really beyond proportion imho. Common sense to make it easy for her and hope for the best.

I’m definitely just trying to make her comfortable, so as not to stress her heart. But I’m balancing that with trying to flush out her system and keep her hydrated at the same time. Preparing for the worst.

 

[Amazonlover]

I’m sorry to hear this update. Did the vet offer any solutions to get the object moving along her digestive tract? It seems possible it might pass?

Hard to believe they offered a $1K cardiology consult. I love my birds, but that’s extreme.

Yeah, the $1k cardiology consult is a no go for me. I get that my avian vets have to charge a lot because they pay a lot for their education (frankly glad I have them because my parrots can’t just go to a cat/dog vet) but I have to be reasonable about my money. They didn’t offer any tips on how to flush her, other than the $2k hospitalization with chelating flushes. I’m guessing they can’t offer tips for liability reasons. So I’m just researching and throwing stuff at the kitchen wall. I just tried to give her scrambled egg mixed with psyllium and oatmeal mixed with reishi mushroom powder and dandelion tea. I also administered some epsom salt with cold pressed ginger and turmeric juice. She’s still not very interested in eating or drinking

 

[Eggcessive]

My goodness, that is ridiculous. Honestly, it is really hard to tell exactly what is wrong with a sick hen sometimes. We tend to treat for certain things, and rule out various problems. More often, we don’t know exactly what was going on until after death. I would definitely do a home necropsy, or have your state vet lab (not the avian vet you saw) do a professional necropsy if you lose her. For what they do, it is usually worth it, and thorough. I wonder if she may have lash egg material from salpingitis in her abdomen. That is rather common in hens over 2. A heart problem could have caused the enlargement if she really has an enlarged heart. Sometimes I think those kind of vets are more used to looking at expensive parrots or foo foo birds than chickens. Sorry if I sound skeptical, but the price quotes are suspicious. I would also offer some plain water and may be a little soft cooked egg and mushy wet chicken feed. Let us know how she is getting along.

 

[Amazonlover]

My goodness, that is ridiculous. Honestly, it is really hard to tell exactly what is wrong with a sick hen sometimes. We tend to treat for certain things, and rule out various problems. More often, we don’t know exactly what was going on until after death. I would definitely do a home necropsy, or have your state vet lab (not the avian vet you saw) do a professional necropsy if you lose her. For what they do, it is usually worth it, and thorough. I wonder if she may have lash egg material from salpingitis in her abdomen. That is rather common in hens over 2. A heart problem could have caused the enlargement if she really has an enlarged heart. Sometimes I think those kind of vets are more used to looking at expensive parrots or foo foo birds than chickens. Sorry if I sound skeptical, but the price quotes are suspicious. I would also offer some plain water and may be a little soft cooked egg and mushy wet chicken feed. Let us know how she is getting along.

So today I've offered mushy egg (with some psyllium in it to help whatever is in there move along), mushy feed, yoghurt and defrosted figs. She’s had a couple of bites of the defrosted figs and two tiny bites of egg. She’s also taken only a few sips of water. The meds don’t appear to be helping at all. I fear she’ll starve to death at this rate. Attaching pictures of todays poop for the heck of it.